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Tax the rich or the 'cohesion of Britain' will go up in flames: Nick Clegg is literally playing with fire this time
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DR ROBERT LEFEVER: By the 'cohesion of Britain', Mr Clegg must be referring to the possibility of a repeat of last summer's riots. But the Lib Dems are comfortable with protest because that is what they do.
Fri, 31 Aug 2012 23:30:57 +0100
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Fears: Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says that he fears for the cohesion of Britain unless the rich do more to help tackle the deficitPA
Yes, statins work wonders. But I fear we're becoming a nation who'd rather pop pills than lead healthy lives
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DR ROBERT LEFEVER: The evidence for statins is very powerful. They are cheap, and relatively safe in comparison with other medications. Yet I still feel uneasy about the notion of the blanket administration of drugs.
Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:23:08 +0100
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Statins: Should we all be taking them?Alamy
Cannabis is not an innocent drug. Teenage addicts risk significant brain damage
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DR ROBERT LEFEVER: Chronic cannabis use negatively affects mood, memory and motivation. That is a fearful toll, far more crippling than the physical effects of many other substances.
Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:03:34 +0100
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Risk: Cannabis is a major addictive drug to people who have an addictive nature, although large numbers of people use it without becoming addicted to itNone
Welsh Health Executives are absolutely
right to express concern over binge-drinking.
Now they need more effective ideas on what to do about it
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DR ROBERT LEFEVER: Health Executives in Wales say that up to 60 per cent of the beds in hospital A&E departments can be taken up by intoxicated patients. They have a cunning plan. Cameras will film drunken patients.
Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:20:49 +0100
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Despite attempts to tackle binge drinking, city centers and A&E departments across the UK are swamped with drunks every weekendNone
If we don't halt health tourism, our whole economy will bleed to death
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DR ROBERT LEFEVER: Cracking down on health tourism doesn't make us callous. It means we are loyal to our own taxpayers, rather than surrogate mothers to the whole world.
Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:01:22 +0100
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Surgical team with various instrumentsNone
The Coalition can see what it needs to do - but dodges it anyway. Now all Ed Miliband needs to do is wait
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DR ROBERT LEFEVER: David Cameron could see that the Nasty Party couldn't win. So he herded huskies and hugged hoodies, but was unconvincing. Meanwhile, Ed Milliband says nothing and does nothing. He doesn't need to.
Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:11:26 +0100
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Doomed? Both David Cameron and Nick Clegg have compromised their popularity with their natural supportersEPA
Happy or sad days are here again - by choice
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DR ROBERT LEFEVER: Internet trolls do not have the power to hurt unless we give it to them. Nobody can make anyone else happy or sad. Our feelings are determined by our own values.
Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:55:33 +0100
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Twitter trolls have made headlines recently after several celebrities, including Jeremy Clarkson, have spoken out after being attacked onlineNone
England's green and pleasant land is more lovely than ever
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DR ROBERT LEFEVER: I think of Heathrow, Gatwick and all the other airports, choc-a-bloc with sweaty adults and screaming children, and I bless the fixation with sea, sun and sand that takes them all a long way from me.
Mon, 20 Aug 2012 09:31:50 +0100
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Enjoy England, whatever the weather: People in Hyde Park, London enjoy the sunshineNone
The Olympics gave people the 'feel good factor,' without going to doctors, dealers or publicans
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DR ROBERT LEFEVER: Life may be simply awful, but we can still choose to be as happy as we can be. It's up to us.
Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:09:02 +0100
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Good mood: The Olympics has created a 'feel good factor' throughout the nation, lifting the public's moodAP
Olympics 2012: Team GB athletes show why state money should never be considered an entitlement
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DR ROBERT LEFEVER: If any of our coaches or athletes had been incompetent or lazy, they would have had their funding withdrawn. This same principle should be adopted now for all state employees.
Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:45:16 +0100
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Success: Funding for Team GB athletes and coaches is conditional on their performance and commitmentGetty Images
While the world watched the Olympics, the real news was happening across the pond
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DR ROBERT LEFEVER: The Republican party presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, made an inspired choice by selecting Paul Ryan as his running mate.
Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:04:38 +0100
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Romney introduces Congressman Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate during a campaign event at the retired battleship USS Wisconsin in Norfolk, VirginiaReuters
Team GB should run the UK: they have shown that competition and cooperation are the hallmark of success
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DR ROBERT LEFEVER: Politicians and doctors tell us that sport is good for us. Indeed it is. It takes our minds off the trivialities of parliamentary debate and the self-serving incompetents who conduct it.
Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:10:56 +0100
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Success: Team GB have flourished at the Games, winning an unprecented number of medalsDavid Crump Daily Mail
It's odds-on that Facebook gambling will increase the cases of betting addiction... and I know the harm that will cause only too well
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DR ROBERT LEFEVER: Just as 10% of drinkers consume 50% of the total amount of alcohol, it is the compulsive gamblers who mostly pay for the gaming industry - with our lives or the lives of those we love.
Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:48:49 +0100
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New: Bingo Frendzy is the first Facebook game where players can gamble with real cashNone
The perils and pitfalls of social media, and why Facebook may just secure you that job
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DR ROBERT LEFEVER: Some psychologists and employers now believe that someone who does not have a page on Facebook, or on another social networking site, may be a misfit or even a psychopath.
Wed, 08 Aug 2012 18:55:18 +0100
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Normal: Some psychologists believe that someone who does not have Facebook may be more likely to be a psychopathAlamy
The suggestion that chemotherapy can undermine itself may cause anxiety. But more effective treatments rely on better understanding
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DR ROBERT LEFEVER: Cancer cells are crafty. When doctors use chemotherapy to attack cancer cells, various other cells fight back. Doctors therefore have to stay one step ahead in this dance with death.
Wed, 08 Aug 2012 11:30:01 +0100
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Process: Cancer cells reproduce themselves faster than healthy cells, and chemotherapy attacks the cell DNA division processNone
Alcoholism is a devastating disease and there should be state funding for rehabilitation
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DR ROBERT LEFEVER: A recent report indicates that 77,000 people in the UK now receive state benefits because their addiction to alcohol or drugs results in them being unfit for work.
Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:32:46 +0100
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Addiction: The World Health Organisation recognises alcoholism as a diseaseAlamy
The Coalition Government is making our difficulties worse. Thatcher's ideas show us the only way forward
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2181980/The-Coalition-Government-making-difficulties-worse-Thatchers-ideas-way-forward.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
DR ROBERT LEFEVER: The Chancellor has missed his chance. It's too late to do what is needed to be done.
Wed, 01 Aug 2012 10:23:04 +0100
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Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick CleggPA
Ye Shiwen doping row: Rather than cry 'foul' let's recognise outstanding talent and application
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DR ROBERT LEFEVER: I can understand the fury of athletes who are defeated by drug cheats but surely the initial response to any victory should be to give credit to the winner.
Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:10:07 +0100
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Ye Shiwen astounded the swimming world by knocking more than a second off the world record for the 400m individual medleyNone
Want to get elected? Just offer the public more, for free
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DR ROBERT LEFEVER: The USA is generally a 'Can do' society. In the UK the response to any request is usually 'Not my problem - the government ought to do something'.
Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:26:17 +0100
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Writer Ayn Rand, who said, 'The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is merely a matter of time'.Bettmann/CORBIS
Giving all children a nasal spray to vaccinate against flu is a brilliant idea - and the public can do it themselves
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DR ROBERT LEFEVER: Influenza vaccine is to be offered to nine million children aged between two and 17. This will help them to avoid a nasty illness and will also reduce the spread of influenza to their grandparents, a blight which fills 11,000 hospital beds and sends 2,000 to an early grave each year.
Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:47:00 +0100
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Girl receiving nasal spray vaccine: The medicine is now far easier to administerFluenz